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Home for the holidays

I hope you and yours are having a happy holiday season. I’m relishing being settled with family and friends. The past few months have been a whirlwind, visiting donors, hanging out with readers, spending some quality time with High Country News staffers in Paonia, Colorado, and making a special side trip to Laramie, Wyoming.

When we sold our building at archives? I had a few ideas about museums or educational institutions that might be willing to house more than 50 years of Western history, but no solid leads.

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